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Matrix signs ICON as UK distribution partner

Posted on September 20, 2018 by - News

banner_220x220Global access control vendor ICON has been named as Matrix’s new UK distribution partner.

ICON already distributes the Matrix range of telephony solutions but has added the Access Control and Time and Attendance solutions to its portfolio in a bid to push into the healthcare and manufacturing area.

Mark Shane, Sales & Marketing Director of ICON, commented: “Our partnership with these solutions means that the UK reseller channel now has access to a very versatile and affordable range of access control solutions, which offer enterprise features at a lower investment stake. The biometric readers and from Matrix are already proving a hit with partners who have suffered from using inferior products in the past. Until now not freely available in the UK market, we believe that the Matrix solutions will become a significant revenue earner for our partners, displacing many of the traditional enterprise vendors from their preferred supplier position.”

Dhaval Bhagora, European Sales development at Matrix Comsec, said: “We are very pleased to have ICON on board distributing our Access Control solutions for us. We are very excited about our new relationship. We at Matrix recognise ICON’s abilities and pedigree and look forward to helping them achieve our goals for the UK market.”

Apple staff are inexperienced

Posted on April 28, 2015 by - Fun Stuff

iconStaff at the fruity Apple Cargo cult are starting to show their inexperience at flogging wearable fashion items like the iWatch.

A viral YouTube video shows an Apple genius demonstrating how to use the iWatch to buy stuff from Amazon. But he rapidly discovers that the watch is too small an interface to carry out a complex transaction.

He had done all the right things. He had set up the Amazon’s app with the ‘one-click ordering’ to make it look like the purchase only took a couple of presses of the watch face.

The only problem is that it’s a little too easy to ‘click’ when it’s on an inch-wide screen which you’re operating with your thumb.

The demonstrator says, ”Let’s take a look at Amazon ‘It uses dictation. ‘Xbox One’. So, there we go. Xbox One – I could buy it now with one click.’

‘I am just going to add it to my wishlist. OH NO! Wait, wait, how I cancel?”

Still the scale of the potential disaster is not that apparent yet because Apple refused to supply most of its shops with the iWatch.

Angela Ahrendts has told Apple Store staff that the Apple Watch is unlikely to be available for in-store purchases before June – but they should expect the usual ‘blockbuster launches’ in retail stores for future products.

In a memo to retail store staff, Apple’s retail head thanked staff for making the try-ons “unforgettable,” told them customer feedback had been “overwhelmingly positive” and that the online-only ordering period was likely to continue throughout May.

So at least some of them have more time to practice.